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Even though we were firmly in the midst of the Super Bowl season at the time, it was somehow the Cleveland Browns who had managed to hog the headlines at the beginning of February. Their generational pass rusher, Myles Garrett, had just voiced his own desires of a championship and subsequently demanded a trade.<\/p>\n
The Browns offered him a record-breaking, four-year contract that\u2019s valued at $160 million, and that seemed to be enough at the time. Garrett has since given his all to them, which was exemplified by the fact that he produced five sacks throughout their 32-13 loss to the New England Patriots in Week 8.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, his effort alone hasn\u2019t been enough. Cleveland is currently holding a 2-6 record on the year, and trade rumors of all sorts are beginning to swirl, but according to Cam Newton, it\u2019s hard to believe \u201cwhat you say if I see what you do<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n During the latest episode of his 4th & 1 podcast, the former face of the Carolina Panthers, in reference to Cleveland\u2019s most recent loss, explained that,<\/p>\n \u201cMyles Garrett is the game\u2019s premium disruptor, and I say that even above Micah Parsons. If you gave me the two, I\u2019m going with Myles Garrett. He\u2019s a Goliath of a man\u2026 What did you expect though? \u2026This was a perfect example of playing a game that you deserve to win but you just didn\u2019t do it because it\u2019s about other guys. When you\u2019re a one-trick pony\u2026 There\u2019s only so much you can do before they cave in<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Newton\u2019s initial assessment of both Garrett and his situation is anything but surprising. After all, it\u2019s what many were expecting upon the start of the season.<\/p>\n The Browns would once again be able to field an above average defense, but their lack of fire power on offense would make it almost impossible to capitalize on the success that he is having. That\u2019s essentially what has happened throughout the past two months, but in the eyes of Newton, as well as those of football fans, it\u2019s hard to have much sympathy for the man who was, at the time of signing his contract, the highest-paid defensive player in the history of the National Football League.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you sign that deal\u2026 Let\u2019s be real. Staying in Cleveland, winning a Super Bowl in Cleveland, it\u2019s just not happening<\/em>,\u201d Newton exclaimed before then likening Garrett\u2019s situation to that of Maxx Crosby and the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought it was mighty strange when you signed back to Cleveland, but also when you see a guy like Maxx Crosby. Y\u2019all wanna make it about winning but you sign back to the team. They don\u2019t have no changes. They\u2019re just putting makeup on, the girl is still the same girl, the guy is still the same guy.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Simply put, until there\u2019s some real change from within, Garrett figures to go down in history as one of the greatest examples of squandered talent in NFL history. Should he hope to avoid that label, then he\u2019ll likely need to seek employment elsewhere.<\/p>\n Given the nature of his contract, however, that\u2019s easier said than done, as is most things in the city of Cleveland.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cam Newton Says Myles Garrett’s $160M Deal Will Cost a Super Bowl Despite Rating Him Above Micah Parsons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"\n\n